# Do low carb foods taste good? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006 "2004-06-06T22:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006/21 "2004-06-08T04:08:05Z")
I tried the low-carb chocolate milk, Hoods, I think. It was amazing. It was like drinking thin chocolate pudding. Well worth the price. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006/22 "2004-06-08T04:16:49Z")
I find low carb baked goods/mixes generally unpalatable. I do like the Russell Stower sugar alcohol chocolates/laxatives and “no added sugar” ice cream is delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006/23 "2004-06-10T16:03:52Z")
> [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#): > > It’s bread made with flour that has a higher ratio of fiber to other carbohydrates than regular flour. Fiber is indigestible, so it doesn’t add to the carbohydrate count – however, since it’s indigestible, it tends to make things spongy and chewy. Not just extra fiber, a lot of the low-carb carbohydrates out there substitute soy flour for some of the wheat, which is higher in protein than wheat. The fiber and soy protein sound like a pretty good idea all around, low-carb or no, but you’re never gonna get the same texture. I don’t plan to try any of 'em, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006/24 "2004-06-10T16:23:25Z")
> [@JavaMaven1](#): > > 1. Vegetables are not verboten on Atkins (another major misconception of the diet). Actually, they are essential to the diet, especially high-fiber vegetables such as most salad greens, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, avocadoes, etc. Some vegetables like potatoes and corn are not allowed until the maintenence stage of the diet (and only in moderate portions), but are not totally verboten. The only things that are truly verboten throughout the entire diet are refined carbohydrates: white flour, sugar, corn syrup, etc. Ever since I started this diet, I’ve become a vegetable fanatic. I eat more vegetables in a day most days than I used to do in a month. If I now go more than 2-3 days with few or no vegetables, I start feeling peaky. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006/25 "2004-06-10T16:44:22Z")
Coca-Cola just rolled out [Coca-Cola C2](http://www2.coca-cola.com/presscenter/nr_20040419_coca-cola_c2.html) in Japan. It’s a cola that has half the sugar/carbs/calories of regular colas. It tastes like a mix of Coke and Diet Coke, kind of. Not as sweet as Diet Coke, but with that same chemical sweetener aftertaste. For me, I think it’d be easier to just cut down on cola rather than switch to C2. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006/26 "2004-06-10T18:26:58Z")
I tried the Russell Stovers Low-Carb candy, but it’s definitely lacking something in texture. I’d rather just have an occasional small amount of the real thing. Out of curiosity – why is this thread in **Cafe Society** instead of **IMHO**? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006/27 "2004-06-10T23:35:47Z")
Some low-carb breads use wheat gluten instead of flour. Wheat gluten is the high protein part of the wheat grain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-low-carb-foods-taste-good/249006.md?page=1)